Trousers-protector.



C. A. B. FLENNIKEN.

TROUSERS PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24,1915.

1,173,943. Patented Feb. 29,1916.

3141mm for.

CHARLES A. B. FLENNIKEN, OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS.

TROUSERS-PROTECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

Application filed July 24, 1915. Serial No. 41,652.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. B. FLEN-NIKEN, a citizen of the United States, resid ing at Watertown, in thecounty of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Trousers-Protectors, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to protectors for trousers, and has for its ob'ectto provide an improved construction 0 the same that readily may beadjusted in position, and yet will not interfere with the ordinary useof the trousers. This I accomplish in the manner and by the meanshereinafter described and claimed, reference being bad to theaccompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a pairof trousers, showing my improvement applied thereto in dotted outline.Fig. 2 is a detail view of my improved protector. Fig. 3 is a detailperspective view of a modified construction. Fig. 4 is a horizontalsectional view taken through the fly of a pair of trousers,' showing themodified construction in Fig. 3 applied thereto.

In the said drawing, referring to Figs. 1 and 2, the reference numeral 1denotes a pair of trousers, having the usual waistband 2, and button fly3.

M improved protector comprises a body ortion 4 of textile material, anda depend- '1ng curved portion 5 of rubber or other suitable waterproofmaterial attached thereto, as shown. It will be observed that saiddepending portion 5 is curved so as to follow the line of the fly 2, andthus bring the waterproof portion 5 at the point where it willeffectively protect the trousers, as will be understood. I have shown at6 a safety pin for attaching the body portion 4: to the waistband 2,though the same may be attached in any other suitable manner;

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown a modified construction, not only of theprotector itself, but of its attaching means. Thus, with this form Iemploy a separate strip 7 of material, which is disposed beneath therear edge of the buttonhole strip 8 of the fiy 3, and is provided with aseries of fastening elements 9, such as the male member of a glovefastener. These fastening elements project through the buttonhole strip8, and are adapted to engage complemental fastening elements 10 on theprotector. Said protector comprises a body portion 11, like the portion4 of Figs. 1 and 2, a lower end 12 of material similar to 11, and anintermediate section 13 of rubber or other waterproof material. It willbe seen that said protector may be attached in position for use by meansof its fastening elements 10 engaging the elements 9 on the strip 7, thewhole being retained in position by the engagement of said fasteningelements through the rear edge of the buttonhole strip 8.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is A trousers protector, comprising a bodyportion of textile material, and a lower curved portion of waterproofmaterial attached to said body portion and adapted to cover the crotchand to extend over the front wall of the trousers when its side edge isalined with the trousers fly, and means for securing said body portiondetachably to the waistband of the trousers.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of July,1915.

CHARLES A. B. FLENNIKEN:

